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Blackball

Name: Blackball
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2003-05-18
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Paul Kaye, Johnny Vegas, James Cromwell, Bernard Cribbins, Alice Evans

At Last, A Sportsman The British Can Be Proud Of

20031h 36mDirected by Mel Smith

Comedy

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.

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